Nintendo Wii

Nintendo Wii

Well the Nintendo Wii will be launching in the US in a little more than 2 hours from now. I plan on having my hands on one by 8:30 AM tomorrow here in San Diego County. I will be updating this blog with my experience on getting a Wii on launch day without a pre order. I know, I'm hardcore :)

Also on another note, my favorite NFL team the Chargers have a huge game in Denver at 5 PM Pacific tomorrow, so I have 2 good reasons to be ecxited about tomorrow.

My Club 'The Nintendo Wifi Connectoin' has slowed down a lot recently so I am hoping that the Wii might help liven it up a bit again. If you are looking for people to trade console codes with so you can build a friends list, check it out. I'll update you guys in a little over 12 hours on exactly what happens out there.

Who else is going to try to pick up a Wii at launch (with or without a preorder)?

Update: Well I visited 11 different store this morning ( a combination of Taget, Wal-mart, Best Buy and Curcuit City) and all of them have sold out of Wii systems. I started standing in line at my local Taget at 7:00 Am this morning, they had 39 systems to sell and I was #40 in line. The last ticket was given out right in front of me. The lowest amount of systems available was at Wal mart and they had 20 systems. Demand is far out pacing supply in So Cal. So who was able to get a system?

I didn't even imagine that I would be home empty handed at his moment. I would say that the Wii launch has a lot more hype than the GC. I stood in a line of 7 people on launch day for that system. What a bummer.

Update 2: Black Friday has turned golden for me. I was at my local Gamestop at 5 AM this morning and ended up being first in line. I have my Wii and I am about to start getting it all set up in my room for some serious Zelda action. Can't F'ing wait, all the talk in the different clubs I belong to about Zelda was about to drive me mad. I will update this blog with my initial impressions of the Wii after I have had some time with it.

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LOL

HA! I told you it would be crazy without a pre-order! I got one without a pre-order, waited 7 hours.

I was on my local news, note Spencer Motter, that is me. They had a typo, I SAID SUPPORT! Not sport, makes me look like a newb.

I was 31st in line out of 56 units at my Fred Meyer. I have Super Monkey Ball (so far my favorite), Wii sports, Zelda, and I have enough for another game but none look good enough for a 50 dollar purchase :P then I needa buy another controller, which I'll do tomorrow!

Yeah well you still lose

Oh Yeah?

Well at least I can go into my room and play mine right now and don't have to wait for my mommy to give it to me for Christmas. So who really got thier's first? :)

The Wii is great. I love the interface and now that I am getting down the controls for Zelda it is really coming along nicely also. Aiming with the slingshot is so easy and way better than using an analog stick anyday. Haven't got to far into the game yet, but it is fun so far.

I get network errors every once in a while while browsing the store but other than that, I don't have any complaints yet. Everything has gone well so far, no updating problems or DREs.

I was going to download Bonk but 1up said the TG16 emulator isn't running that well yet, so I may spring for the OG zelda so I can play with a (good) d-pad. Anyone download Bonk? How is the emulation?

Damn, I wish I knew what else

GS81

I am posting during 1ups maintenance, how you ask? Search google for 1up.com, click for message boards, go to a random thread and click reply, it should take you to my1up page. I found this on accident. Check it out next time 1up has maintenance.

sorry for the late reply...

I got mine Dec 20th in UK!!!
completed LoZ:TP a couple of days ago, my god it was good, but like most zelda titles it has left a gaming hollow that needs to (but cannot) be filled. oh well, come on LoZ:PH (Legend of Zelda the Phantom Hourglass, for non Zelda fans)

Thanks for the visit

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